Daily Dothttp://www.dailydot.com/Daily Dot Articleen-usTue, 30 Oct 2012 11:34:14 +0000The Morning GIF: First horseman of the Apocalypsehttp://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/morning-gif-horse-head-sandy-apocalypse/<p><img src='//cdn0.dailydot.com/cache/f6/1d/f61da52b6609b9c2db4b6774e853d68c.jpg'></p><p>
<em>Here at the Daily Dot, we swap GIF images with each other every morning. Now we&rsquo;re looping you in. In the Morning GIF, we feature a popular&mdash;or just plain cool&mdash;GIF we found on Reddit, Canvas, or elsewhere on the Internet.</em></p>
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Between earthquakes on the West Coast, snow in the South, and Sandy clawing its way up the East Coast, it certainly seems like if these aren&rsquo;t the end times, they&rsquo;re a good, solid dress rehearsal. Just as Lear had his Fool to raise his spirits as he wandered in the wilderness, so we have a sprite peculiar to our time and place. We, here at the dawn of the 21st century, have our spirit animal.</p>
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Ladies and gentlemen, may we present: the First Horseman of the Apocalypse. Call him Sandy; he&rsquo;s not a formal type. Buzzfeed says, &ldquo;We are all this shirtless horseman running through the storm on live TV today.&rdquo; Oh, if only we were that free.</p>
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And hypothermia-resistant.</p>
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Sandy has had 98,333 reblogs and likes in the mere eight hours since he was first spotted and immortalized on Tumblr. I think that&rsquo;s a good solid lead on any Triple Crown winner. Sandy, you may be the harbinger of doom, but you&rsquo;ve trotted off with our hearts.</p>
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